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Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that angered President Donald Trump.

POLITICO on MSN · 6d

Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers are assembled.

Investopedia on MSN · 8d

Trump Didn't Like the July Jobs Report. So He Fired the Head of Labor Statistics

President Donald Trump called for the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to be dismissed, alleging there were political motivations behind the downward revisions included in the latest employment report.

Trump says he doesn’t trust jobs data

cleveland.com on MSN · 2d

5 things to know about the jobs report controversy that has economists defending government data

Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong despite Trump's claims.

Chicago Tribune · 2d

President Trump defends the US economy with charts after jobs report showed warning signs

President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.

Philadelphia Inquirer · 1d

Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

The recent revisions downward were unusually large, but there are many factors that require updating numbers, and rigging the data would be difficult.

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The jobs report is a big deal. Trump’s response is an even bigger one.

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...

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Trump fired BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a weak July jobs report showed only 73,000 jobs added

Donald Trump has fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, today, accusing her of ...

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Erika McEntarfer educational qualification and career path: How an economist rose to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics before being fired by Trump

Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was controversially fired by US President Donald Trump ...

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Trump's long history of bashing jobs report numbers dates back to 2016: ANALYSIS

Trump's history of criticizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report has surfaced in the wake of his decision to fire ...

Reed demands probe into Trump’s firing of official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...

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Editorial: Will we ever trust another jobs report?

The downside of shooting a messenger for bearing bad news is it tends to isolate a leader from the facts necessary to make informed decisions.

Mediaite on MSN8d

Trump Blames Bad Jobs Report on Biden Appointee ‘Who Faked the Job Numbers’

Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking job data to help Democrats and said he’s ordered her firing after a ...

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